The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-07-13


evening.
The art gallery entertainment of the Y. l..
M. b. at Elder Russell's last Friday evening
was very pleasant affair.
Osborn has got tired of doing business in
the back room and has fitted up neat and
convenient Office in the front part of his
furniture store.
The next regular session of Van Buren,
county pomona grange will be held at Keeler
on Thursday, the 2Sth instant, commencing
at ten o'clock a. IN.
Mr.. John L. Clapp has been looking very
happy for a few days past owing TO the TACT
that two of his daughters have been making
a visit at his home.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. l.. Fitch of Grand Rapids,
have been rusticating at Lake Cora, for a
week or so. Charley looks as though life in
the city agreed with him.
John Tuckey says he thinks that Eli Wise
and himself will do good business in the
Bloomingdale MILL We should think they
would as they are first class millers.
Dowagiac has commenced drilling a hole
into the bowels of old mother earth in search
whatever she may happen to strike. She is
One of Paw Paws handsome, intelligent,
bright young widows intends to make a GER
tain western man exceedingly happy in the
near future by bestowing on him her heart
and hand.
That big snake that inhabits the forest
along the west branch of the Paw Paw was
seen one day last week by Mr.. Buckhout.
He says it is a monster, not less than twelve
feet in length
On Thursday last, while building cross
walk in town, Jared Loyeland cut his leg
very badly with an adze. 1t will probably
be some considerable time before he is able
to do any work.
Will Webster, recent graduate of Albion
college, made brief visit to his grand
mother, Mrs. NJ. A. Hayes, while on his way
to Chicago where he has secured desirable
situation as teacher.
Under the new arrangement of trains, our
afternoon mail from the west arrives up
wards of an hour earlier than heretofore:
quite convenience to our people and espe
cially so to the newspapers.
County Treasurer Butler informs us that
his balance at the bank is substantially ex-
hausted and that claims against the county
will have TO wait until the next session of the
board of supervisors before they can be paid.
l.. l.. Leslie and family have returned from
their visit in Ohio. While absent they at
tended the sd wedding anniversary of Mr..
Leslies father and mother who are aged re-
spectively seyenty-two and seventy-seven
years.
Frank Millington has a cork finger, which,
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amusement to himself and great afiiiction
to others. The editor of the Courier ampu-
tated it the other evening. Drop in and ask
Bert about it.
Miss Rhoda Munger of Usage City, Kan
sas, writes, "Please tell my Paw Paw friends
that l have lived long enough to vote, and
am not very old yet" Glad of it. Rhoda
and all of our fellow citizens of the female
persuasion will, doubtless. enjoy like priv
ilege some day.
The following letters remained uncaled
for in the Paw Paw postoffice for the week
ending July 11th: Mrs. Huldah Bray. David
Case, William w. Cutler. Mrs. Amanda Dean,
Mr.. Edwin Dodds. DIR. c. b. Graham, Mr.. f.
Mcdaniel. G. w. Martin, Chas o. Neal. w.
b. Osgood, Miss Menerva Russell.
A large lot of very fine horses has recently
been purchased in this vicinity for the east
ern market. 1t pays to raise good horses, as
the purchasers of Kansas mustangs will real
ize one of these days. Van Buren, county
has a wide reputation for its fine horses,
which will not be increased by breeding
from rats.
AS 'Tilda and Jack passed each other on
the street Sunday evening, 'Iilda leaning
very heavily on the arm of her lately pro
nounced protector, remarked to Jack,
"Hello, l shan't swing with you again.
'Tilda, you are too Quick tempered. Jack
feels bad enough about it; the last seen of
him he was trying TO bunt the bark of from
a maple tree.
An assault and battery case was tried be-
fore Esq. Mason last Monday morning, in
which Oliver Elmore figured as complaining
witness and Harrison Kimball as respondent.
In the Judgment of his honor, there was no
cause for action and Mr.. Elmore had to pay
$11.25 for the fun he had. The affair grew
out of dispute over a small strip of land in
the village of Lawton.
Atkinson, the man to whom Col. Hawkins
rented his store on Main street, didn't prove
TO be much of slayer. He had too much
of an appetite for bulge to be successful in
DuSlneSS, ana SO 1Olueu DIS tent ana silently
stole away. The colonel has fitted the room
up in fine shape, carpeted and furnished it
not forgetting to put in couch for hot
weather-and now occupies it himself for a
brokerage and loan Office.
Claude Long is great batter. He was
playing ball the other day in his stocking
feet Looking down, he saw his great toe
sticking out of hole in his stocking and
mistook il for the ball. Hauling of with
his bat, he struck the toe a tremendous
whack, sending the end of it flying into the
outfied. The umpire didn't declare it a
"foul," but Claude did. He says il was the
worst error" he ever made.
When the members of Brodhead post G..
A. X. assembled at their armory last Monday
evening they were agreeably surprised at
finding it elegantly decorated with flags,
pictures, etc., and all "swept and garnished"
as it were. The officers were especially
pleased with the elegant button hole bou-
quets that lay on their official desks A vote
of thanks was rendered to the ladies who
were responsible for the very pleasant ar
rangements.
"Is this hot enough for you?" was the
question propounded to us just fifty-seven
times on Monday and Tuesday last Our
friends all appear to be particularly anxious
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